CAMPANULACE.&. II. LIGHTFOOTIA. III. CEPHALOSTIGMA. IV. CAMPANUJLEA. 



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branched, woody at the base ; branches diffuse ; leaves alter- 

 nate, reflexed, ovate-lanceolate, acute, thin, denticulated at the 

 base : flowers loosely racemose ; corolla 5-parted, having the 

 segments hardly twice the length of the calycine lobes ; valves 

 acute, equal to the base of the capsule, fj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, on the Table Mountain. Smith, exot. fl. 

 2. t. 69. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 113. Lobelia tenella, Lin. mant. 

 p. 120. 'Plumb, prod, p. 40. Lobelia parviflora, Berg. cap. 

 345. Campanula Ottoniana, Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 113. 

 Branches purplish. Flowers terminal and axillary, at the tops 

 of the branches, white, with reddisli nerves. 



Cranberry-like Lightfootia. Fl. July. Clt. 1787. Shrub 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



9 L. LANCEOLA'TA (Link, enum. 1. p. 217.) stem decumbent, 

 downy; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, furnished with 1 or 2 teeth; 

 peduncles downy ; calyx glabrous, one-half shorter than the co- 

 rolla. Fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. L. oxycoc- 

 coides, var. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 809. Corollas white and bluish, 

 larger than those of L. oxycoccoides. 



Lanceolate-leaved Lightfootia. Fl. July. Clt. ? Shrub de- 

 cumbent. 



10 L. MUSCOSA (Link, enum. 1. p. 217.) stem decumbent, 

 glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, quite entire : rameal ones 

 opposite ; peduncles glabrous ; calyx shorter than the corolla. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. L. oxycoccoides, 

 var. Spreng. syst. 1. p. -809. Leaves 3-4 lines long, and half a 

 line broad. Corolla 2-3 lines long, whitish-blue. 



Mossy Lightfootia. Shrub decumbent. 



11 L. LODDIGE'SII (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 114.) stem decum- 

 bent, woody at the base, branched ; leaves alternate, somewhat 

 reflexed, ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire ; flowers loosely race- 

 mose; corolla 5-parted, having the segments 4 times longer than 

 the calycine lobes, tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 L. tenella, Lodd. hot. cab. t. 1038. Branches purplish. 

 Flowers axillary and terminal, disposed in loose racemes at the 

 tops of the branches. Corolla bluish. 



Loddiges's Lightfootia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. Shrub 

 decumbent. 



12 L. LYCOPODIOIDES (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 114.) branches 

 woody, simple, very leafy ; leaves alternate, and sometimes sub- 

 verticillate, erect, adpressed to the branches, linear, very narrow ; 

 flowers few, sessile ; corolla 5-parted, with the segments 3 times 

 longer than the calycine lobes. T? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Leaves revolute on the margins. Flowers ses- 

 sile, usually 3 on the top of each branch, the middle one 

 expanding before the lateral ones. 



Club-moss-like Lightfootia. Shrub 1 foot. ? 



13 L. OPPOSITIFOLIA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 115.) branches 

 erect, slender, stiff, simple ; leaves opposite, somewhat reflexed, 

 linear, acuminated, narrow, slightly denticulated ; flowers few, 

 usually terminal ; corolla deeply 5-cleft, twice longer than the 

 calycine lobes. Pj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on 

 the Table Mountain. Campanula ericohles, Lam. Light- 

 footia, Burch, cat. geogr. pi. afr. austr. no. 606. Branches red- 

 dish. Flowers solitary, terminal, rarely axillary. Habit of L. 

 oxycoccoides. L. muscosa and L. lanceolata, Link, are probably 

 hardly varieties of this species. 



Opposite-leaded Lightfootia. Shrub 1 foot. ? 



14 L. RUBIOIDES (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 116.) branches pro- 

 cumbent, diffuse ; leaves opposite, spreading, or a little reflexed, 

 lanceolate, acute, remotely denticulated ; flowers few, terminal 

 and axillary ; corolla 5-parted, with the segments longer than 

 the calycine lobes, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Campanula rubioides, Banks, herb. Plant trailing, much 

 branched. Branches reddish. Leaves glabrous, or furnished 

 with a few white hairs. Flowers axillary and terminal, solitary, 

 at the extremities of the branches. 



Madder-like Lightfootia. PI. trailing. 



15 L. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 116.) stem 

 erect, woody at the base, simple ; leaves alternate, erect, linear- 

 acuminated, remotely denticulated ; flowers somewhat panicled ; 

 segments of the corolla, which is deeply 5-parted, about 3 times 

 longer than the calycine lobes ; capsule wholly inferior, with 

 short valves. fj . S. Native of Madagascar, where it was col- 

 lected by Commerson. Campanula Madagascariensis, Juss. 

 herb. Flowers at the top of the stem, and along one side of the 

 peduncles, about 10 towards the upper part of the stem. 



Madagascar Lightfootia. PI. -J to 1 foot. 



Cull. All the species grow freely in a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand ; and young cuttings strike root readily in the same 

 kind of soil, with a hand-glass over them. 



III. CEPHALOSTI'GMA (from 0aX), kephale, a head, 

 and erriyjua, stigma, a stigma ; in reference to the stigma, which 

 is capitate). Alph. D. C. mon. p. 117. Campanula species, 

 Wall. herb. Wahlenbergia species, Perrot. et Lepr. herb. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 

 5-parted ; segments alternating with the calycine lobes, and 

 longer than them. Stamens 5, free ; filaments broadest at the 

 base ; anthers 2-celled. Style usually exserted, more or less 

 hairy ; stigma simple, capitate, pilose. Capsule 2-3-celled, de- 

 hiscing by 2-3 short valves at the apex, which are septiferous in 

 the middle. Seeds numerous, small, ovoid, triquetrous.- The 

 species of this genus have a habit intermediate between Wahlen- 

 bergia and Lightfootia, but differs from both these genera in 

 the capitate stigma ; but it has a capsule like that of the first, 

 and a corolla like that of the latter. 



1. Capsule half superior, 3-celled. Style rather shorter 

 than the segments of the corolla. 



1 C. PANICULA'TA (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 117.) stem herba- 

 ceous, much branched, leafy ; leaves ovate, acute at both ends, 

 broad, subsinuated ; flowers loosely panicled ; segments of co- 

 rolla 2 or 3 times longer than the calycine lobes ; capsule ob- 

 conical. O-? F. Native of the Burmese empire, about Prome, 

 on the banks of the Irrawaddi. Campanula paniculata, Wall, 

 mss. Stem hairy. Leaves downy beneath. Panicle much 

 branched; pedicels filiform, 1-flowered, glabrous. 



Panicled-fiovtered Cephalostigma. PI. 1 foot. 



2. Capsule Z-celled, almost wholly inferior. Style rather 

 longer than the segments of the corolla. 



2 C. PERROTTE'TII (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 118.) stems herba- 

 ceous, simple, leafy at the base ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers dis- 

 posed in a long raceme ; segments of corolla 3 times longer 

 than the calycine lobes ; capsule obovoid. () F. Native of 

 Cape Verd, at Khana, in humid sandy places. Wahlenber- 

 gia, spec. herb. Lepr. and Perrott. Root simple. Stem leafy, 

 and pilose at the base. Leaves rather pilose, with white undu- 

 lated edges. Peduncles and pedicels glabrous. 



Perroltet's Cephalostigma. PI. -J foot. 



3 C. PRIEU REI (Alph. D. C. mon. p. 118.) stem woody, 

 humble, much branched, naked at the base ; leaves small, 

 linear ; flowers panicled ; segments of corolla hardly twice the 

 length of the calycine lobes ; capsule obconical. y. . S. Native 

 of Senegal, about Jonal, where it was collected by Leprieur and 

 Perrottet. Root simple. Branches very slender, many-flowered, 

 glabrous. 



Le Prieur's Cephalostigma. PI. \ foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Microcodon, p. 737. 



IV. CAMPANU'MvEA (altered from Campanula). Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 726. Alph. D. C. mon. p. 118. 



